Lumbar intraspinal synovial cysts of different etiologies: Diagnosis by CT and MR imaging

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 275-278

  Farrokh, D ^a  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Spine, CT; Spine, cysts; Spine, MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL CYST;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLITIS; SYNOVIAL CYST; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032467049     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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